Revelation 6 (NET)

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Revelation 6:1¹I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, “Come!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:1 Rev 6:5 Rev 6:7 Rev 4:5-7 Rev 5:5-7 Rev 11:19 Rev 14:2 Rev 19:6 Rev 6:3 Rev 10:3-4

Revelation 6:2²So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 6:3-8 Zech 1:8 Ps 45:3-5 Rev 19:11-12 Rev 14:14 Rev 3:21

Revelation 6:3³Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 4:7 Rev 6:1

Revelation 6:4⁴And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 6:2 Matt 10:34 Rev 13:10 Rev 17:6 Zech 1:8 Dan 5:19 Ezek 30:24-25 John 19:11 Rev 12:3 Rev 17:3

Revelation 6:5⁵Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode it had a balance scale in his hand.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 6:2 Ezek 4:16 Zech 6:6 Rev 6:1 Lev 26:26 Rev 4:6-7 Rev 5:5 Rev 5:9 Ezek 4:10 Lam 5:10

Revelation 6:6⁶Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat will cost a day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 9:4 Rev 4:6

Revelation 6:7⁷Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 4:7 Rev 6:3 Rev 6:1 Rev 6:5

Revelation 6:8⁸So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 13:14 Jer 15:2-3 Rev 1:18 Zech 6:3 Ezek 14:13-21 Ezek 5:12 Jer 16:4 Rev 20:13-14 Isa 25:8 Ezek 5:15-17

Revelation 6:9⁹Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 20:4 John 16:2 Rev 1:9 Rev 12:11-17 Rev 11:3-7 Rev 2:13 2 Tim 1:8 Rev 16:7 2 Cor 5:8 Lev 4:7

Revelation 6:10¹⁰They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 19:2 Ps 9:12 Rev 11:18 2 Thess 1:6-8 Luke 18:7-8 Rev 16:5-7 Rom 12:19 Luke 21:22 Rev 3:7 Rev 18:20

Revelation 6:11¹¹Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 14:13 Rev 7:9 Rev 3:4-5 Rev 7:14 Heb 11:40 Isa 26:20-21 Dan 12:13 John 16:2

Revelation 6:12¹²Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:29 Joel 2:10 Acts 2:19-20 Mark 13:24-25 Joel 2:30-31 Joel 3:15 Amos 8:9 Isa 13:9-10 Rev 16:18 Ezek 32:7-8

Revelation 6:13¹³and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 34:4 Matt 24:29 Rev 9:1 Rev 8:10-12 Dan 8:10 Ezek 32:7 Isa 7:2 Luke 21:25 Dan 4:14 Isa 33:9

Revelation 6:14¹⁴The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 34:4 Rev 16:20 2 Pet 3:10 Heb 1:11-13 Ps 102:26 Isa 54:10 Jer 4:23-26 Nah 1:5 Rev 20:11 Ezek 38:20

Revelation 6:15¹⁵Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 2:19 Isa 2:21 Isa 24:21-22 Isa 2:10 Ps 2:10-12 Rev 19:13-21 1 Sam 13:6 Heb 11:38 Isa 42:22 Job 34:19-20

Revelation 6:16¹⁶They said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 23:30 Hos 10:8 Rev 4:2 Rev 20:11 2 Thess 1:7-9 Jer 8:3 Matt 26:64 Ps 110:5-6 Ps 14:5 Ps 2:9-12

Revelation 6:17¹⁷because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Joel 2:11 Mal 3:2 Ps 76:7 Joel 2:31 Jer 30:7 Rev 16:14 Isa 13:6-22 Ps 130:3-4 Rom 2:5 Zeph 1:14-18

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